5e:Gnoll
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...Gnolls greatly resemble humanoid hyenas.[2] They are usually between 7-8 ft. tall, weighing around 250-320 lbs.,[3] and use armor made of horn, metal, or leather.[2] Gnolls are generally depicted in the game world as feral nomads who kill and pillage without warning.[4] Their whole bodies are covered in reddish-brown fur which becomes shorter as it surrounds their faces and clawed hands to reveal grey colored skin. Their pelts vary from mono-colored to spotted and their eyes are either yellow or black.
Gnolls are feral humanoids that attack settlements along the frontiers and borderlands of civilization without warning, slaughtering their victims and devouring their flesh.
Demonic Origin. The origin of the gnolls traces back to ... the demon lord Yeenoghu [who transformed] hyenas ... into the first gnolls...
Nomadic Destroyers. Gnolls are dangerous because they strike at random. They emerge from the wilderness, plunder and slaughter, then move elsewhere...
Gnolls rarely build permanent structures or craft anything of lasting value. They don't make weapons or armor, but scavenge such items from the corpses of their fallen victims...
Thirst for Blood. No goodness or compassion resides in the heart of a gnoll...it lacks ... a conscience... An enemy to all, and when they lack a common foe, they fight among themselves...List of Gnoll Articles
Sources and Notes
- Wikipedia - Gnoll (accessed 2020-1-12). CC-BY-SA ↑
- Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual (TSR, 1977) ↑ 2.0 2.1
- Cook, Monte, Jonathan Tweet
, and Skip Williams . Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast , 2000)
↑ - Mearls, Mike, Stephen Schubert , and James Wyatt. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2008)
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- Monster Manual (5e). © WotC. Excerpt used under fair use clause. ↑